Ca dmv mandatory actions unit phone number

A mandatory suspension is one that the Vehicle Code mandates that the Department of Motor Vehicles impose when a particular thing happens (like a court conviction for DUI or speed exhibition). DMV’s Mandatory Actions Unit (MAU) in Sacramento imposes mandatory suspensions automatically, and you have no right to a hearing. Usually, you are informed of a mandatory suspension after the fact in a suspension notice sent to you through the mail.

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California DMV Mandatory Actions Unit
What is the mandatory actions unit California?
How do I speak to live person at the DMV in California?
How do I contact La OMV?
How do you get a hold off your license in California?

While there is no right to a hearing, you do have remedies for unlawful mandatory suspensions. Negotiation with MAU or with DMV’s Legal Affairs Division may resolve the issue, either by canceling or reducing the suspension it or by granting you a restricted license. If that fails, you may ask a judge for relief in the form of a traditional writ of mandate. Unlike its cousin, the administrative writ of mandate created by statute, the traditional writ comes from centuries of common law. Also unlike the administrative writ, it has no set deadline.

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California DMV Mandatory Actions Unit

The California DMV Mandatory Actions Unit is the office responsible for providing definitive answers regarding license suspensions and revocations imposed as a consequence of a negative decision following an Administrative Per Se (APS) Hearing or a driving under the influence conviction.

As well, this office is responsible for providing information regarding suspensions imposed for a driving under the influence, failing to appear in connection with a moving violation, failing to pay a moving violation fine, or having a driving record reviewed.

Information regarding a driving record can only be released to the individual holding the license. Anyone calling the DMV Mandatory Actions Unit must provide their driver's license number, date of birth and current address. Attorneys must be prepared to provide their State Bar Number.

The Mandatory Actions Unit may be reached 916-657-6525.

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If you are a resident of a state other than California and hold an out-of-state license, but California DMV suspended your privilege to drive a motor vehicle in California after a DUI arrest, you can apply to California DMV to terminate the driving privilege or license suspension action AFTER California DMV’s suspension period has concluded.

If California DMV’s longest Order of Suspension states 2 years, San Diego DUI attorneys are told you must wait until the 2 years are over per the Order.

If the California DMV Order states 4 to 6 months, California DUI lawyers are told the person must wait until that longest period is over.

Then follow the instructions below.

San Diego County DUI Law Center shows what steps to take, as follows:

Apply for Termination of California DMV’s Suspension Action based on Out of State Residency

Simply apply online here.

You have to contact California DMV “Mandatory Unit” in Sacramento and order the DL 4006 (formerly 1650) “Waiver” form.

While in your state or from a cell phone with an out-of-state area code, telephone California DMV at (916) 657-6525 or Fax (916) 657-5942 or (916) 657-7809.

Be patient in trying to contact California DMV. DMV Mandatory Actions Unit is notorious for not answering the phone – see e.g. this article.

You will probably need to provide an SR-22 and affirm that you will not return to California for three years. That’s also the only way to avoid doing the alcohol program in California as otherwise required by DMV.

As long as you or your DUI attorney receive advance permission from your San Diego Superior Court to do your alcohol program out-of-California, you may do so. However, that does not satisfy this separate California DMV requirement that you complete the program in California unless you get the necessary Waiver. Generally, it is better to do a San Diego Superior Court ordered DUI program in California to avoid having to wait for the DMV suspension period to conclude so you can terminate the suspension by applying for the Waiver.

What DMV says, absent having done a program in California, you in theory cannot drive in California for three years, and you must file the forms or you will never be able to drive in California again, even on a valid out-of-state license.

The Waiver includes a form for purposes of an out-of-state SR-22.

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The Waiver packet has explicit instructions on how to complete the affidavit and what supporting documents are required for approval by the DMV.

It can take apx. 4-8 weeks from when the forms are received for DMV to process.

You have to request the waiver and the DMV must note the file so when the completed waiver is returned to the DMV it can be processed. There have been problems with the waiver being processed when it wasn’t noted on the record that a waiver was sent.

You supposedly can only apply for this waiver once in a lifetime, according to DMV.

You may not be eligible for the above Waiver of having to do the California provider alcohol program:

If your BAC is .20% or more, you need to first complete the CA provider nine month program before you can terminate a CA suspension.

DMV will not allow you to do the above Waiver of CA program because of the nine month program requirement, even if you live out of California or move out of state.

Instead CA DMV will suspend your license indefinitely for failure to do the CA program.

Sure you could go to the court and get permission to do the program in a new state. But that does not satisfy DMV’s requirement that you only do a CA licensed program from this list

The below Termination information does not apply to the nine month program.

If your BAC was .20% or higher, the court is required to order the nine month program. That can not be changed.

So unless you want to go to a state with a permanently suspended CA license, you should stay or come to California and finish before you again leave California.

Any state you go to will likely have reciprocity meaning they will honor and reciprocate the CA suspension action as a result of failure to do the required nine month CA provider program. When you check with your state licensing agency they will likely tell you that you first need to clear the CA suspension before that state will allow you to drive in their state.

That means if you apply for another state license, they will likely see the CA suspension and refuse to issue a license in your new state until you clear the DMV suspension action. You can not clear or terminate the CA DMV suspension action until you do the CA provider nine month alcohol program.

What is the mandatory actions unit California?

How do I speak to live person at the DMV in California?

1-800-735-2922 from voice phones.

How do I contact La OMV?

Phone: OMV Call Center - (225) 925-6146 (Option 3). Mail: Office of Motor Vehicles, P.O. Box 64886, Baton Rouge, LA 70896.

How do you get a hold off your license in California?

There are ways to counteract a DMV hold. If there is a legitimate reason you missed your court date, you may provide proof such as a record of an illness or other emergency. You may also be able to prove that you made a mistake or that you did not receive any notice requiring you to show up.

ca dmv mandatory actions unit phone number